Wang ZG, Dou XB, Zhou ZX, Song ZY. Adipose tissue-liver axis in alcoholic liver disease. World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 2016; 7(1): 17-26 [PMID: 26909225 DOI: 10.4291/wjgp.v7.i1.17]
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Zhen-Yuan Song, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1919 W Taylor Street, RM 627, Chicago, IL 60612, United States. song2008@uic.edu
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol. Feb 15, 2016; 7(1): 17-26 Published online Feb 15, 2016. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v7.i1.17
Adipose tissue-liver axis in alcoholic liver disease
Zhi-Gang Wang, Xiao-Bing Dou, Zhan-Xiang Zhou, Zhen-Yuan Song
Zhi-Gang Wang, College of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University at Daqing, Daqing 163319, Heilongjiang Province, China
Xiao-Bing Dou, Zhen-Yuan Song, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, Zhejiang Province, China
Zhan-Xiang Zhou, Department of Nutrition, Center for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Kannapolis, NC 28081, United States
Zhen-Yuan Song, Department of Pathology, University of Illinois, Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
Zhen-Yuan Song, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed to this paper.
Supported by National Institutes of Health NIAAA, No. R01 AA017442.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Zhen-Yuan Song, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1919 W Taylor Street, RM 627, Chicago, IL 60612, United States. song2008@uic.edu
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Received: May 26, 2015 Peer-review started: May 28, 2015 First decision: August 25, 2015 Revised: October 28, 2015 Accepted: November 24, 2015 Article in press: November 25, 2015 Published online: February 15, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) remains an important health problem worldwide. The disease spectrum is featured by early steatosis, steatohepatitis (steatosis with inflammatory cells infiltration and necrosis), with some individuals ultimately progressing to fibrosis/cirrhosis. Although the disease progression is well characterized, no effective therapies are currently available for the treatment in humans. The mechanisms underlying the initiation and progression of ALD are multifactorial and complex. Emerging evidence supports that adipose tissue dysfunction contributes to the pathogenesis of ALD. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms whereby chronic alcohol exposure contributed to adipose tissue dysfunction, as well as their contribution to ALD.
